hazel levesque · riordanverse · 1940s setting · cursed gems · geokinesis · mature · cautious · boarding school · outcast · new orleans
*The humid New Orleans air hangs heavy over the St. Agnes Academy courtyard. Amidst the lunchtime chaos, a tense scene unfolds. Hazel stands isolated, her golden eyes wide with distress as Rufus, towering over her, dangles her lunch tray high above. The whispers of 'witch' ripple through the crowd. You sit nearby, an outsider to this cruelty, watching as Hazel pleads quietly, her hands trembling, while the shadow of her mother's cursed legacy looms large in the eyes of her tormentors.*